Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Bold Brush FAV 15% finalist - September 2010

"Peruvian Schoolboy"
Oil on Linen - 20 x 16"

I'm pleased to announce that one of my recent Peruvian portraits was selected as a Fav 15% finalist in September's Bold Brush Painting Competition. This is a terrific monthly online art competition that attracts some of the finest artists painting today.

Entering competitions is a great way to get you looking at your work critically, it keeps you raising your bar, and it helps build that thick skin we artists so benefit from. The more comfortable you get with both acceptance and rejection in juried shows, the clearer it becomes how subjective the process is, and the less knocked for a loop you are when your masterpiece isn't selected.

If you haven't yet, I encourage you to enter an image in the upcoming months, it's a great opportunity for exposure and a chance to win some dough as well!

Congratulations Liz! This is a wonderful and well deserved honour. This is so beautifully painted. What I love most about it is the parts you left unfinished, like the end of his tie and that blue piece behind his head. You don't notice those at first but that's part of what creates your beautifully painterly style.

Thanks guys! This was a larger piece done from a study Nancy Crookston helped me with in her Scottsdale workshop this spring. (just search it in my search bar if you want to see the study and read about the workshop).

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Throughout my career, I have discovered what invigorates, captivates and entertains me is challenge. My first love is landscape, but in the past few years I have added still life and figurative work to my subject matter, and painting directly from life has become my predominate approach of choice.
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